How to Use tissue in a Sentence

tissue

noun
Definition of tissuenext
Synonyms for tissuenext
  • The drug can damage the body's tissues.
  • She wiped her nose with a tissue.
  • The heart has a hard time pumping blood to the body's tissues, and the body sends more blood back to the heart and brain.
    — Carey Rossi, Health, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Keeping the light on 24/7 can stunt growth and plant tissue and cause the plant to die.
    — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Keep tissues in the car and house so kids can use them to blow their noses and rub their eyes.
    — Kristi Pahr, Parents, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The flea bite had also caused tissue death in both his hands and feet.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 22 July 2023
  • The deep-plane facelift also leaves the tissue that connects the face and neck muscles to the skin intact.
    — Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The carpal tunnel is a narrow conduit in the wrist made up of small bones and soft tissues.
    — Benjamin Plackett, Discover Magazine, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Itching to bring along a hand cream, pack of tissues, or smart reader?
    — Nneya Richards, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2024
  • If the tissue is frozen quickly, ice crystals burst cells from the inside out.
    — Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Top surgery refers to the procedure to remove breast or chest tissue.
    — Larry Madowo, CNN, 29 June 2023
  • Pig heart valves and cow heart tissue are now widely used in medicine, for instance.
    — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Usually, just a short amount of time to help the tissues heal is all that’s necessary.
    — Maggie O'Neill, Health, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The agent took off his glasses, wiped them with a tissue, took a sip of tea from his teacup, put his glasses back on, and looked at me.
    — Haruki Murakami, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2023
  • On the third day, Nuzzo, the nurse-midwife, induces the delivery of fetal tissue from the uterus.
    — Maggie Shannon, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Is that a deadly cancer, or just a blob of fibrous tissue?
    — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The doctor, seeming uncomfortable, told her to go home and wait for her body to pass the tissue.
    — Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Seven of the rats had worms in their hearts, pulmonary arteries and brain tissues.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Sep. 2023
  • While that may seem like a lot, water is needed for all of your body's cells, tissues and organs.
    — Josie Goodrich, USA TODAY, 6 July 2023
  • The donor was a man in his 30s who donated tissue to three other people, as well as James.
    — Jon Lapook, CBS News, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Melanoma is less common but more likely to invade tissues and spread to other parts of the body, according to the AAD.
    — Amy McGorry, Fox News, 5 July 2023
  • But just a small subset of these is switched on in any particular tissue at any one time.
    — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 9 Aug. 2023
  • This is because the tissue in fat cells makes estrogen, which can form abnormal cells in the uterus.
    — Deanna Taylor, Essence, 20 Mar. 2024
  • But, in the absence of brain tissue, what was inside that massive skull has remained a mystery.
    — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The cancer grows quickly and can impact and destroy healthy tissue.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The hope, Markle said, was to try to save as much bone as possible that was still attached to blood-rich and nutrient-rich tissue.
    — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Motif’s device sits in the skull just above the dura, the protective membrane that envelops the brain tissue.
    — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Black women also tend to have denser breast tissue than White women.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Human body tissue needs oxygen to function, and the air people breathe is 21% oxygen.
    — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Picking your nose can damage the delicate tissue that lines the nasal passages.
    — Maggie O'Neill, Health, 7 Apr. 2024

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